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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a action, fps and classic game developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on August 30th 2019 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,855 reviews of which 1,781 were positive and 74 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter into these genres:

Action FPS Classic Gore Shooter Co-op First-Person Indie Multiplayer Old School Singleplayer Comedy Great Soundtrack Split Screen Sci-fi Violent Adventure Local Co-Op Funny Boomer Shooter

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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter screenshot
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter screenshot

System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
Minimum
  • OS *: Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system
  • Processor: AMD K6-3 400MHz, Pentium II or Celeron-A 300MHz
  • Memory: 64MB
  • Graphics: full OpenGL compliant 3D accelerator
  • Hard Drive: 450MB free hard disk space
  • Sound: 100% Windows compatible sound card

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Perfect ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ Very stylized ☐ They're what they should be for what the game is ☐ MS Paint could make something better ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Fantastic ☑ Excellent ☐ Perfect ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Meh ☐ Bad, but playable ☐ Just go watch paint dry ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Amazing ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not to bad ☐ Alright ☐ Bad ☐ My ears are bleeding ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Babies ☑ Young kids ☑ Young teens ☑ Older teens ☑ Adults ☑ Old people ☑ Anyone with a decent maturity level ☑ Anyone with a lack of maturity ☑ Anyone that is alive ☑ No one, not even your dog ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Just average ☑ A little better than average ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Better than good ☐ Fancy Pants Rich Boy ☐ NASA ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Can choose your difficulty setting ☐ No difficulty needed ☑ Just press 'W" ☐ Easy ☐ Medium ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Hard ☐ Verry Difficult ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if you like to collect things ☐ Only if you care about steam achievements ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Only if you care about rankings/placements/leaderboards/etc. ☑ Average grind level ☑ A little grindy ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second life, maybe some macros, & a will to live for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ No Story ☐ Twilight was a better love story than this ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ 1-2 Hours ☐ 2-5 Hours ☐ 5-10 Hours ☑ 10-20 Hours ☐ 20-50 Hours ☐ 50+ Hours ☐ 100+ Hours ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Replayablity }--- ☐ You won't even finish it the first time ☐ None, once was enough ☐ Not that kind of game ☐ You don't stop playing this kinda game, ever ☑ Maybe once or twice, to try something new ☐ You'll want to get every single possible ending & secret there is ☐ You'll pick it up every few years, but never finish a whole playthrough ☐ A lot, just to romance everyone, pick new options. try new classes, etc ---{ Price }--- ☐ It’s free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If you have some money to blow ☑ Wait for it to go on sale for the 100th time ☐ Ask someone to gift it to you instead ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Circumstantial (PC specs, internet, save/install location, etc.) ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Very low ☐ Low ☑ Average ☐ High ☐ Too much ---{ Worth It }--- ☐ Hell no! ☐ If you have a lot of cash ☐ Worth it! ☐ Get it now! ☑ Life is not complete without this game! ---{ TEXT }--- A classic game, which I played a long time ago, we can say that it is part of the list of games of our childhood when we download them from certain obscure sites. Coming back to the game, my opinion is that it moves much better than many and I love this trilogy, the graphics are decent! ---{ 9 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10
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April 2025
being the direct sequel expansion to the first encounter, this game changes things up mainly for the better. there's some weapons that deal with some problems you could have trouble with in the first campaign, there's some new enemies that were pretty cool, and the three new level themes are unique. the main gripe i have with this game through is how long the levels are, since they usually take about 30-45 minutes to beat. if you don't mind that though, i'd say this is another good game to kill some time playing
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Jan. 2025
This is the second half of Serious Sam 1. Compared to the First Encounter, this has more environments, more enemy types, more weapons, more gimmicks and new powerups. Once you know how to use the new weapons, this game becomes much easier than the first one. You could say it is more fair/balanced. There is an HD version of this game which looks better but lacks a few gravity gimmick rooms, and the sounds are changed.
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Oct. 2024
i love serious sam since i was a kid from the age of blockbuster video easy i would rent this game out nearly every chance i had on the xbox and to this day i still love coming back to the games when i get a the chance highly recommand all the old sam games and some of the new ones
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Aug. 2024
This game is awesome, and a part of my childhood. The graphics are good, the gameplay is GREAT, and the fun factor is 10 out of 10! :) Definitely recommend it to anyone who's interestest and/or an FPS fan.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.89€ on Steam.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter received 1,781 positive votes out of a total of 1,855 achieving an impressive rating of 9.12.
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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter was developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is not playable on MacOS.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is not playable on Linux.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter does not currently offer any DLC.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
5.89€
9.1
1,781
74
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
8
Developer
Croteam
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Release 30 Aug 2019
Platforms
Remote Play
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